Fish-lure.



G. M. WILGOX.

FISH LURE.

AYPLIOATION FILED JULY 1,1908.

923 095 Patented May 25, 1909.

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' Improvements in Fish-Lures, of which the vaneeof the forward spinner ;-and aplural- "water and by which the lure is caused to 1 UNITED/1; STATES PA ENT OFFICE.

CHARLES M. WILGOX, o F'NEw PARIS, oH1o, Ass1eNon, BY manor AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE wIGeLEaaMaNUrAcTuaINe COMPANY, OF ELWOOD, INDIANA, A CORPORATION F iNDIANA /a FISH-LURE Patented May 25, 1909.v

Application filed July 1, 1908. Serial No. 441,285.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LCnARL-Es M. W1Loox, a citizen of the United States, residing in New Paris, in the county of-Preble andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful following is a'full and accurate s ecification, from which m invention con (1 be con structed with a olute exactitude.

My present invention contemplates a twopart lure or artificial fish bait, comprising a ody portion, and a headortion pivoted to the body, the two parts eing adapted to 1 have horizontal motions with relation to eachother, whereby the device may have a wiggling motion when being trolled through water; g

'The invention also contemplates a twoblade spinner revolubly mounted in front of the head; a single blade spinner revolubly mounted to the rear of the body; means whereby a lead line may be attached in ad- 'ity of hooks pivotedly depending from the device.

The'predominant object of my present invention is to form a fish lure adapted to describe a zig-zag course when being trolled in wiggle or simulate the actual movements of a live fish.

The specific objects I have in view for the better accomplishment of the main object is,the improved skeletonization or framework; the means for detachably connecting thegroups of hooks to the body whereby that may not be inadvertently removed; and

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All 0 the above named features are clearly Figure 1 1s asideelevation of my invention I Fig. 2 is a plan view of the skeletonization, showing the arts connected in operative position, and a so showing abdia 0 Fig. 3 is a detail horizontal central section of the central portion of the frame, showing themanner of securin the side hooks in position. Fig. 4 is a detai vertical central section of a slightly modified form, showing the manner of connecting a roup of hooks to the underside of the body. ig. 5 is a face view of the single-blade spinner, and Fig. 6 is an end view of the same.

Similar. indices denote like )arts throughout the several views of the rawings.

I Referring now to the drawin s in concrete detail: Letter A denotes the ody, and B denotes the head, these two )arts being formed, preferably, of wood or other buoyant material and are formed to simulate a live fish, which simulation may be further emphasized by suitable color )ainting on the exterior of said parts thoug 1 not indicated in the drawings.

The front end of the body A is formed wedge-sha ed, and the rear end of the head B is forme as a vertical notch whose angular inclination is greater than is the angular inclination of the wedge portion of the body A, by which when the polnt of the wedge is ositioned in the vortex of the notch the di erences in the angularinclination of the notch and the wedge will allow the head to be moved sidewise a limited distance.

Extending centrally and longitudinall through the body and the-head is a smal round aperture for portions of the frame to extend through, hereinafter referred to.

Disposed across through the thickest portion of the body A is a com aratively large round aperture, located at rig t angles to and intersecting the first named a erture. The said second aperture is adapte to loosely receive therein the thimble 1. Said thimble is formed of a plain section of metal tube and is of a-length such as to extend across through the body A with its ends flush with each side thereof. Said thimble is provided with a central cross-aperture, and near each end are 1 formed other cross-a ertures, all three crossapertures being para lel with each other and intersecting the interior of the thimble, substantially as indicated in Fig. 3.. The said central cross-aperture of the thimble is ada ed to loosely receive therethrough the ro 2, and the other two cross apertures are adapted to loosely receive the pins 3 and 4 as shown in The numeral 5 denotes a coupling which is threaded both interiorly and exteriorly. The

forward end of the longitudinal a erture of the body A bein slightly enlarge( to allow said coupling to e screwed therein where it will be permanently located between the aperture for the thimble 1 and the forward end of the body A.

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The numeral 6 denotes an eye having a threaded stem to be screwed into the forward end of the coupling 5. Said eye 6 is located atthe apex of the wedge of the body A.

Numeral 7 denotes an eye similar to the eye 6 with which it is interlocked, as in Fig. 2,

to form the hinge between the body and the head. Formed integral with the eye Tis the l'orwardlv extending stem 8 which extends,

through the head B.

Numeral 9 denotes a coupling having an outer half-rounded knob 10 formed integral therewith. The rear portion of the coupling 9 is fitted into the central aperture formed through the head B, the forward end 01 the lastnamed aperture being enlarged to receive said coupling. The rear face of said knob forms a square shoulder for the forward end i of the head B, while the forward face of said 3 knob is rounded to conform to the contour of the head, forming the nose therefor as indicated.

Numeral 11 denotes an eye having rearwardly extending stem whose free end is l threaded into the couplingQ (or the knob 10).

Numeral 12 denotes a two-blade spinner having a central hub 13 which is revolubly 2 mounted around the stem of the eye 11 and extending from said eye 11 to near the knob 10. The eye 11 is for the purpose of having a troll line secured therein.

Formed on the rear end of the rod 2 is an eye 14.

Numeral 15 denotes a free-washer mounted 1 on the rod 2 and adapted to contact with the eye 14.

Numeral 16 denotes the single blade s ini ner which is secured to its hub 17. Said ub is revolubly mounted around the rod 2 and is located between the washer 15 and the rear end of the body A, as in Fig. 1. Said spinner 16 is of novel construction, being deltoidnal in contour or, more pro .erly speaking, being the shape of a fish-tail, utinclined outward 1 at an angle as shown. In the forward face of the s inner 16 is formed a. comparatively large ialf-round sloping channel pressed into the material of which the spinner is formed. Said channel projects from the rear center of 3 the spinner forward and to one side out of alinement with the hub 17 and decreases in i depth forward. By reason of this channel and its position the pressure of the water upon the forward face of the spinner will be greater on onerside than on the other, thereby 1 eventuating in causing the spinner to revolve when bein trolled.

The lettzr F denotes a weight, as of lead, located in the central portion of the underside of the body, to cause the device to maintain "proper position in the water.

Letter C denotes a group of hooks suspended from the eye 14 and the letters D and E denote each a group of hooks sus. pended from the sides of the body. The

shanks of each of said group of hooks- D and E terminate in an eye toreceive therethrough the respective pins 4 and 3. T he distanceof the pins 3 and 4 from the ends of the thimble 1 is such as to cause the two groups of hooks E andl.) to slant out somewhat at an angle as desired.

From the above it will be readily seen that the hooks D and E can not become inadvertently detached from the body, when the E several parts are assembled as shown, but

that if it is desired tochange said hooks the may be readily removed and replaced as fol lows: Turn the eye 14, causing the rod 2 to unscrew out of the cou ling 5, and then draw the rod 2 back out of t e thimble 1, now the thimble may be-moved endwise in either direction sufficiently to allow the pin 3, or pin 4, to be moved endwise to relase the hooks suspended therefrom; after the above the thimble is moved back to its normal position and the rod 2 is again projected therethrough which of course Wlll prevent the thimble from being 'moved endwise, thereby preventing said pins from being removed to free the hooks D and E.

By reference to Fig. 4 it will be noticed j that, if desired, the cross-aperture for the l thimble 1 may be dispensed with, and in l place thereof an a erture may be formed extending upward mm the underside of the t body A, with a thimble inserted therein as shown which thimble has a central cross aperture, same as thimble 1, for the rod 2 to i pass through to lock it in position, and it also 3 has a cross aperture near its lower end for the pin 3, 0n which latter may be suspended the hooks H. The 0 eration of removing and 5 replacing the hoo s H is substantially the same as that above stated with reference to i the hooks D and E, exce t that but one I grou of hooks is employed in this instance I whic when in position, hang down underneath the center of the body.

I desire that it be understood that various changes may be made in the details of construction, herein shown and described, without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing any of the advantages 5 thereof.

Having now fully shown and described my f invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, isj 1. A fish lure comprising a buoyant body, a head pivoted to the body for lateral movements with relation thereto, a single-blade spinner pivoted in rear of the body, said spinner being disposed at an angle and simulating a fish-tall and having a channel formed in its forward face, said channel being disposed at E an angle extending to one side from the center of the rear end of the spinner. l 2. A fish lure comprising a buoyant body, l ahead pivoted to the body and adapted to i have lateral movements with relation therelill) to, a metal frame extending longitudinally therein and extending thereacross, pins disthrough the body, a thimble extending said frame rernovably extending there-i across through the body with one member of through, a pin extending through each end of thethimble and looked in position when thethimble is secured in position by said member, and a group of hooks dependmg y from each of said pins.

3.,A fish lure comprising a buoyant body and a head independent of each other, a i frame on which the head and body are mounted, a double-blade spinner mounted on the frame in advance of the head, a singleblade spinner mounted on the frame in rear Y ofthe body, a thimble removably secured in Q the body and extending flush. therewith, a

pin extending across through the outer portion of said thimble and removable only; when the frame is disconnected irom the thimble and the thimble -has been moved 4. A fish lure comprising a body, a rod disposed longitudinallyin the center of the body,

therethrough, a pin extending across through movable therefrom only when said pins are i released.

5.eA fish lure havmg a thlmble movable posed across through the thimble, a rod removably dis osed longitudinally through the lure and a apted to extend through the E thimble to hold the thimble in position, and

a group of hooks depending from each of said pins, said hooks being removable only when said rod is removed from said thimble and when the thimbledias been moved endwise to allow the removal of said pins.

6. A fish lure having a spinner with a channel disposed at an angle in the face thereof, the angle at which said channel is disposed causing the said spinner to revolve when the lure is drawn through water, all substantially as set forth. a Y

7. A fish lure comprising a body, a thimble located in the body, the axial direction of the thimble being at right angles to the body, a rod extending longitudinally of the body and located centrally thereof and adapted to pass through said thimble and at right angles 3 thereto and adapted to retain the thimble in operative position, a pin extending across through the thimble and adapted to be rea thimble extending across through the body 1 at right angles to said rod, said rod extending j from said pin, all substantially as shown and each end portion of the thimble and parallel to said rod, the rod being adapted to hold the r thimble in position and, preventing the re- *moval of said pins when the parts are assemr bled, and hooks pivoted to said pins and re 1 moved only when the thimble is moved out ofoperative position, and hooks depending described.-

Signed at Richmond, county of Wayne, State of Indiana, this 26th day of June, 1908, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

- CHARLES M. VVILCOX.

Witnesses R. W. RANDLE, R. E. RANDLE. 

